The Future of Activism

The times certainly are a-changing. In this essay, we intend to make some sense of what’s really going on and what it means for activism. We reflect first on the global context within which all the national-level crises are taking place. We then look closely at what we believe is a powerful model for future […]

Seeing Wetiko: On Capitalism, Mind Viruses, and Antidotes for a World in Transition

It’s delicate confronting these priests of the golden bull They preach from the pulpit of the bottom line Their minds rustle with million dollar bills You say Silver burns a hole in your pocket And Gold burns a hole in your soul Well, uranium burns a hole in forever It just gets out of control. […]

Regenerative Economies for a Regenerative Civilization

“There is nothing more difficult to plan, nor more dangerous to manage, than the creation of a new system. For the creator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old system and merely lukewarm defenders in those who would gain by the new one.” — Niccolò Machiavelli Einstein once […]

On Regenerative Systems: A Critique of Regenerative Capitalism

In his powerful essay on Regenerative Capitalism, John Fullerton describes breakthrough thinking, which moves us away from ideological divides that tether us to a worldwide economy that is destructive of human values to a system that supports people and planet, in the vein of Paul Hawken and Amory Lovins. Conventional economic design places us at […]

MEMEnomics: The Next-Generation Economic System
Review by Said Dawlabani

MEMEnomics: The Next-Generation Economic System, represents a culmination of ten years of work. Five of these years were spent doing research and analysis on how to present a fresh approach to economic development. What emerged was a whole systems, integrated model that places economic activity into an evolutionary framework that advances the field of bio-psychosocial development originally pioneered by psychologist Clare W. Graves. MEMEnomics pioneers the applications of Graves’ values- systems model and the work of his successor Don Beck into the long-established field of economics.

Globalization: Reconciling Economics and Spirituality

The general public embraces two extreme notions of globalization. One, that right now it is an inevitable phenomenon - an uncontrolled process that no one can influence, the other that we indeed can change the direction of globalization. There are many possibilities in between.

Financing the Global Sharing Economy

A report by Share The World’s Resources demonstrates how governments could mobilise over $2.8 trillion each year to bolster the global sharing economy and prevent life-threatening deprivation, reverse austerity measures and mitigate the human impacts of climate change.

Overview of the Economics of the Commons Conference
May 22-24th, Berlin, Germany

One of the most significant impediments to change is the entrenched power of the neoliberal economic and political paradigm. The prevailing economic dogma is that individual self-interest, expansive private property rights and globalized free trade can solve most social and environmental problems. Many challenge this view, of course, and continue to decry the dysfunctionalities of the market economy, the inadequacies of the welfare state and threats to the biosphere from climate change and resource depletion. But despite the important work of many heterodox schools of economic thought in addressing these issues, few political thinkers and players seem interested in or capable of developing a new political/economic philosophy based on practical alternatives. We are stuck at an impasse.